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Was a bloody good job it went down, I finally completed my essay.  ____________________ Be careful whose advice you buy, but, be patient with those who supply it. Advice is a form of nostalgia, dispensing it is a way of fishing the past from the disposal, wiping it off, painting over the ugly parts and recycling it for more than it?s worth. |
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It is amusing that some people had registered with Visordown yesterday and posted just to say that BCF was down and how Rubbish BCF is?!  ____________________ I haven't had a cont all day, drinkstable. |
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This forum is one of the best forums I've ever joined, however - it's also the only forum I'm with (and I'm a member of several) that constantly has 'server unavailable' issues. So I'm afraid I think people have a right to have a little rant sometimes about the reliability of BCF.
 ____________________ Previous: Aprilia Habana Retro 50cc (beauty), Yamaha SR125 (fell apart), Honda XR125 (nippy little commuter), Honda SLR650 (Geewhizz), Yamaha Diversion 900S (Smoooooth) written off courtesy of a stupid escaped horse.
(7 year gap), BMW F650 (Relaxing ride). Aprilia Caponord ETV1000 (Big and bold). Yamaha FZS600 (got me in trouble too quick!).
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Well... some ppl use both forums, and post the same shit on both  ____________________ BMW R1200GS & Honda Fireblade 929RR
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Why do you have ANY right to rant about the reliability? BCF is provided for free and unlike VD hasn't sold out. You have no right to rant about the reliability of a service that you use for FREE.
Kornel puts a lot of time and money into this site. I know he doesn't post here as much as he used to but i know for a fact that he is constantly working on back end stuff to make the site run as well as it can on the hardware it is hosted on.
Like has already been mentioned on here before, i believe there is a new server on the way so chill out and be patient. |
Woah, easy boy!
I'm not having a rant at anything, just saying I think other people have a right to if they want, that's my opinion and you've got yours!
Fact is, free or not one of the reasons people do rant about this kinda stuff is because it IS a good forum and just a shame one or two things spoil that from time to time... ____________________ Previous: Aprilia Habana Retro 50cc (beauty), Yamaha SR125 (fell apart), Honda XR125 (nippy little commuter), Honda SLR650 (Geewhizz), Yamaha Diversion 900S (Smoooooth) written off courtesy of a stupid escaped horse.
(7 year gap), BMW F650 (Relaxing ride). Aprilia Caponord ETV1000 (Big and bold). Yamaha FZS600 (got me in trouble too quick!).
Current: Yamaha TDM 900 (Comfy, light but big, power when needed). |
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 MarJay But it's British!

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| Andrew wrote: | Why do you have any right to rant about the reliability? BCF is provided for free and unlike VD hasn't sold out. You have no right to rant about the reliability of a service that you use for FREE.
Kornel puts a lot of time and money into this site. I know he doesn't post here as much as he used to but i know for a fact that he is constantly working on back end stuff to make the site run as well as it can on the hardware it is hosted on.
Like has already been mentioned on here before, i believe there is a new server on the way so chill out and be patient. |
I agree with you and I think its pretty good considering... But most members won't know how the site is funded, or how much it costs to run, or anything like that really.
Here's the lowdown:
It costs a LOT to run a site with bandwidth like this.
Korn pays for it mostly from his own pocket, and he recoups a small fraction of the cost from the miniscule amount of advertising on the site. Most of the advertising is aimed at guests and users with lower Karma, and isn't intrusive. Any changes/updates are done my Korn, and most of the custom elements of the forum are written by Korn.
Additionally, BCF is probably the second largest UK forum (after Visordown - which is now commercial!) and I think thats a pretty impressive achievement.
The Triumph forum T595.net for example, has a 'premier membership' scheme where you only get all of the forum features if you pay a subscription charge of £9.55 per year. BCF doesn't have that.
If Korn does move BCF to a new server, then great. I personally think that getting rid of the workshop manual thread and the pr0n password thread would also help a bit too... ____________________ British beauty: Triumph Street Triple R; Loony stroker: KR1S; Track fun: GSXR750 L1; Commuter Missile: GSX-S1000F
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I think that the word 'rant' is obscenely overused on internet forums.
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Pains me though it does I agree with Luke, true I missed BCF yesterday, true it costs me nowt so I'll not bitch, I'm just glad it's back, and what's "Visordown"...?  ____________________ My claim to fame: Austin Vince nicked my pen... |
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Which is why it annoyed me when beanfast said it has been down on numerous occasions. More likely a DNS issue with his ISP. |
No I didn't mean it had been down... but why is it this is the ONLY forum of 5+ that I use regularly throughout the day that I occassionally keep getting the 'Server too busy' message on!? I never get it on any others...
Anyway, I never intended this to be a complaint/rant whatever about the forum - just my personal musings!
I'm perfectly happy to put up with getting that message from time to time because I get so much out of the forum, like the rest of us. I think its excellent and the karma is a very good idea!
However I am of the opinion that if you provide a public service you are always going to get feedback of one sort or another, wether that service be provided free or not.
If you stood on a street corner giving out free coffee all day that tasted shit, the people tasting that coffee still have a right to voice their concerns to the provider it tastes crap!!  ____________________ Previous: Aprilia Habana Retro 50cc (beauty), Yamaha SR125 (fell apart), Honda XR125 (nippy little commuter), Honda SLR650 (Geewhizz), Yamaha Diversion 900S (Smoooooth) written off courtesy of a stupid escaped horse.
(7 year gap), BMW F650 (Relaxing ride). Aprilia Caponord ETV1000 (Big and bold). Yamaha FZS600 (got me in trouble too quick!).
Current: Yamaha TDM 900 (Comfy, light but big, power when needed).
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Im glad its back,
i also realised how much it missed it
was bursting to post a workshop question but couldent... there is no other substitute...  |
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Old Thread Alert!
The last post was made 17 years, 318 days ago. Instead of replying here, would creating a new thread be more useful? |
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